When you were a kid did you think Freeza was a woman?

[Kamiccolo9]

For the people watching the English dubs, did the constant "he" not clue you in?

[omaro34]

For the people watching the English dubs, did the constant "he" not clue you in?

You would think it would. But Linda's voice was so damn convincing. especially the first form and the 4th form looking feminine to an extent.

[Bruma rabu]

I never saw Freeza as a guy or girl as a kid. The voice and the pronouns confused me so I just decided to think he was neither.

[dbgtFO]

Nah, got introduced to the character via DBZ Budokai 1, and since I'm a European, we got the Japanese voices, where his voice is clearly masculine. Furthermore when the Danish dub got around to dubbing the Freeza arc, they gave Freeza an even more masculine voice, so there never was any doubt him being a male character.
Even further by that time I had already seen a lot of PowerPuff Girls, where "Him" was clearly androgynous and a crossdresser, but still a male with quite the masculine voice, when angry, so Freeza's appearance didn't make me think of him as a woman either, which got even clearer, when he had a fit male physique under that armor and no boobs.

[Super Sonic]

For the people watching the English dubs, did the constant "he" not clue you in?

Some folks miss those. Buddy of mine didn't know Nermal from Garfield was male due to him being voiced by a woman in Garfield and Friends and didn't realize until he was voiced by a man in The Garfield Show, despite the former's always use of male pronouns regarding him.

Besides always noticing the male pronouns, another thing with Frieza I noticed was his goons addressing him as "Master Frieza" in season 2, and "Lord Frieza" in Funimation's dub. While the former, you do hear at times with women instead of "Mistress", you usually don't hear women addressed by Lord unless it's part of a fancy title a la "feudal lord" or "Fire Lord".

[MaskedRider]

BOY LET ME TELL YOU WHAT MY DUMB HORNY ASS AT 14 LEARNED ON RULE 34
NO REGRETS

[Fizzer]

I heard him referred to with "he" and "him" and that took precedence over his voice/appearance, but I did have friends who thought he was female. I have always thought of him as basically neither male or female though. Piccolo isn't male either, nor Cell, and likely a lot of Freeza's minions aren't male. Some of those characters have more gendered appearances/voices than others, but I think basically we just call them "he" because "it" sounds impersonal?

[SylentEcho]

Not kidding; the Hindi (Indian) dub of Dragon Ball Z actually made Freeza a woman. He always used a feminine pronoun whenever he referred to himself.

I've seen it in a few languages, but as a kid I never thought he was a woman. I saw a lot of classic Biblical movies as a kid and always saw him as a tyrant with one of those "high-pitched, spoilt-kid" voices.

[MarCas92]

I grew up with the Latino dub in Mexico where he has a pretty manly voice so I never had that issue. When I moved to the states I remember hating Freeza's English dub voice because of how jarring the change was. Also, I didn't think the performance fit the character, especially when comparing it with the much more serious and sophisticated performance from Mexico. Although as an adult I can appreciate the goofiness of it all when it comes to the FUNI dub.

[TheSeductiveTomato]

I sure did. Even my dad asked "is that a girl?" when he caught me watching DBZ one time.

[precita]

To be honest Freeza also reminds me of The Joker from Batman. Must be the all white face in Freeza's last form.

[Trickster]

No, never. His voice in brazilian portuguese version is incredibly rough (I don't know if I'm using the right term). But I did think Shun, from Saint Seiya, was a woman, in the first moment.

[DragonBallKing]

I don't know why, but the first time I saw him I thought he was a robot.

Maybe the hover chair?

[TheGreatness25]

I looked at Freeza as a male because he was constantly referred to as "he." When I first saw him, I feel like I kind of got it. Despite the female voice and the "lipstick" and whatnot, I always looked at Freeza as an alien and aliens can be completely different to our own knowledge of anatomy, voices, etc. I never really thought about it, to be honest.

Just a funny thing that I noticed is that there seems to be a pretty funny thing about some fans hating that a female voices Goku but have zero problem with a female voicing Freeza and then there's the vice versa view. That's so funny.

[RandomGuy96]

I don't know why, but the first time I saw him I thought he was a robot.

Maybe the hover chair?

His body gave off a synthetic/metallic vibe, especially his bulky shiny purple dome with horns.

[Kanassa]

Just a funny thing that I noticed is that there seems to be a pretty funny thing about some fans hating that a female voices Goku but have zero problem with a female voicing Freeza and then there's the vice versa view. That's so funny.

Not really, in my opinion Nowazawa doesn't fit Goku. While a female voice actor (I don't know the VA's name) for someone like Frieza completely fits him.

[Ripper 30]

Not kidding; the Hindi (Indian) dub of Dragon Ball Z actually made Freeza a woman. He always used a feminine pronoun whenever he referred to himself.

I've seen it in a few languages, but as a kid I never thought he was a woman. I saw a lot of classic Biblical movies as a kid and always saw him as a tyrant with one of those "high-pitched, spoilt-kid" voices.

I also grew up with the Hindi Dub which was based On FUNi Dub so we had a female voice for Freeza and I remember everyone referring to him as her but the only time Freeza was referred to as Him in Hindi dub was in his Second Form where he had a Deep voice but that's it.

Just a funny thing that I noticed is that there seems to be a pretty funny thing about some fans hating that a female voices Goku but have zero problem with a female voicing Freeza and then there's the vice versa view. That's so funny.

Not really, in my opinion Nowazawa doesn't fit Goku. While a female voice actor (I don't know the VA's name) for someone like Frieza completely fits him.

Why do you think Nozawa's Voice don't fit Goku's cheerful innocent Child-yet-adult nature but for some Reason Linda Young's Scratchy old Witch Voice fitting Someone like Freeza?

[DragonBallKing]

Not kidding; the Hindi (Indian) dub of Dragon Ball Z actually made Freeza a woman. He always used a feminine pronoun whenever he referred to himself.

I've seen it in a few languages, but as a kid I never thought he was a woman. I saw a lot of classic Biblical movies as a kid and always saw him as a tyrant with one of those "high-pitched, spoilt-kid" voices.

I also grew up with the Hindi Dub which was based On FUNi Dub so we had a female voice for Freeza and I remember everyone referring to him as her but the only time Freeza was referred to as Him in Hindi dub was in his Second Form where he had a Deep voice but that's it.

Just a funny thing that I noticed is that there seems to be a pretty funny thing about some fans hating that a female voices Goku but have zero problem with a female voicing Freeza and then there's the vice versa view. That's so funny.

Not really, in my opinion Nowazawa doesn't fit Goku. While a female voice actor (I don't know the VA's name) for someone like Frieza completely fits him.

Why do you think Nozawa's Voice don't fit Goku's cheerful innocent Child-yet-adult nature but for some Reason Linda Young's Scratchy old Witch Voice fitting Someone like Freeza?

I personally think Pauline Newstone did a decent job of sounding aristocratic and emperor-like, though I suppose it would be more empress-like. It's still not perfect but I could see a female actress working for Freeza If she sounds a bit more masculine and gets the point across that he's a sophisticated polite space emperor. Linda Young however just sounded like Rita Repulsa from power rangers.

[Ripper 30]

Not kidding; the Hindi (Indian) dub of Dragon Ball Z actually made Freeza a woman. He always used a feminine pronoun whenever he referred to himself.

I've seen it in a few languages, but as a kid I never thought he was a woman. I saw a lot of classic Biblical movies as a kid and always saw him as a tyrant with one of those "high-pitched, spoilt-kid" voices.

I also grew up with the Hindi Dub which was based On FUNi Dub so we had a female voice for Freeza and I remember everyone referring to him as her but the only time Freeza was referred to as Him in Hindi dub was in his Second Form where he had a Deep voice but that's it.

Not really, in my opinion Nowazawa doesn't fit Goku. While a female voice actor (I don't know the VA's name) for someone like Frieza completely fits him.

Why do you think Nozawa's Voice don't fit Goku's cheerful innocent Child-yet-adult nature but for some Reason Linda Young's Scratchy old Witch Voice fitting Someone like Freeza?

I personally think Pauline Newstone did a decent job of sounding aristocratic and emperor-like, though I suppose it would be more empress-like. It's still not perfect but I could see a female actress working for Freeza If she sounds a bit more masculine and gets the point across that he's a sophisticated polite space emperor. Linda Young however just sounded like Rita Repulsa from power rangers.

For me, Chris Ayres is best Freeza but I agree Newstone was better than Young and if you listen to Linda Young's First Form Freeza voice, all you will hear will be Genkai from Yu Yu Hakusho that's how bad Voice Actress she was, I mean she is okay with voicing Old woman but that's it.

[Polyphase Avatron]

Although I think a female Freeza-like villain could certainly work in DB. The closest to a female villain we've really had is 18, and she was not all that evil (except for her future incarnation).